After the game, Lightning head coach Jon Cooper was less than thrilled with the lick in question.

“There’s absolutely no place in our game for that. I don’t understand it. I don’t,” Cooper said. a”How would you feel right now if I just walked over to you right now and just gave you one big lick right from the chin all the way up?”

While some will think this questionable behavior is funny, I think you could argue that this is an assault.

Today, the NHL told Marchand to knock it off.

NHL’s Colin Campbell spoke with Boston’s Brad Marchand and GM Don Sweeney today. The League put the player on notice that his actions last night are unacceptable and similar behavior in the future will be dealt with by way of supplemental discipline.

Recently, I posted his suspension and fine history. Pursuing his bio you can see that this list is growing by the season. Here’s the break down of Marchand’s trouble with the NHL’s Department of Players Safety.